大種
Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
to plant; to cultivate; kind to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (大種) | 大 | 種 | |
| simp. (大种) | 大 | 种 | |
Etymology
Calque of Sanskrit महाभूत (mahābhūta), from महा (mahā) + भूत (bhūta).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Dàzhǒng
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Dàjhǒng
- Wade–Giles: Ta4-chung3
- Yale: Dà-jǔng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahjoong
- Palladius: Дачжун (Dačžun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-chéng
- Tâi-lô: tuā-tsíng
- Phofsit Daibuun: doaxzeang
- IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Proper noun
大種